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Stefan Berger: MiCA – the crypto pioneer law from the EU

Disgraced cryptocurrency entrepreneur Sam Bankman-Fried was convicted in his fraud trial at the beginning of November. A jury in New York found him guilty on seven counts. The sentencing will not be decided until March next year, but he could face a sentence of more than 100 years in prison.After graduating from university, Mr Bankman-Fried worked as a cryptocurrency trader at the brokerage firm Jane Street. He made a fortune by betting on bitcoin price differences on exchanges in the US and Asia. In 2017, he set up his own brokerage...